David Bernard Guralnik (1920–2000)
Author of Webster's New World Dictionary
About the Author
Works by David Bernard Guralnik
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language Second College Edition (1980) 310 copies, 1 review
Webster's New World Dictionary with Student Handbook: Concise Edition (1975) — Editor — 14 copies, 1 review
Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language The Everyday Encyclopedic Edition (1965) — Editor — 13 copies, 1 review
Webster's World dictionary 2 copies
Webster's World dictionary 1 copy
Webster's World dictionary 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Guralnik, David Bernard
- Other names
- Guralnik, David B.
Guralnik, David - Birthdate
- 1920-06-17
- Date of death
- 2000-05-19
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Western Reserve University (MA|1946)
Western Reserve University (BA|1941)
Oregon State University (1944)
Cleveland College Jewish Studies (Doctor of Letters|1986) - Occupations
- lexicographer
editor
publishing executive - Organizations
- Rowfant Club
United States Army
World Publishing Company
Jewish Community Center, Cleveland
Cleveland Chamber Music Society
American Civil Liberties Union, Cleveland (show all 12)
Ohio Humanities Council
Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists Association
American Name Society
National Council Teachers of English
American Dialect Society
Dictionary Society North America - Short biography
- American lexicographer and business executive (b. June 17, 1920, Cleveland, Ohio—d. May 19, 2000, Shaker Heights, Ohio), served as editor in chief (1948–85) of Webster's New World line of dictionaries.
- Cause of death
- colon cancer
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- Place of death
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Ohio, USA
Members
Reviews
A friend was giving away books, so I took this dictionary. I prefer Merriam Webster since it is the dictionary of choice among Scrabble players, and it also includes more inormation about the history of the word. But I like how readable this one is, and the color plates are spectacular. I think this will be a fun one to browse.
Webster's New World Dictionary Of The American Language; The Everyday Encyclopedic Edition; Enlarged From The Concse Edition by David B. Guralnik
I used this dictionary in high school and community college. Excellent, better than today's dictionaries! I still make use of book dictionaries, even in the day of online spell check, because I still can't spell very well.
Well, when I say I read it, I mean I use it! I'm more online now, but I still look up words the old school way sometimes.
It's a dictionary. Everyone needs a dictionary.
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Statistics
- Works
- 50
- Members
- 3,515
- Popularity
- #7,226
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 18
- ISBNs
- 90














